…potato varieties, the Housing for the Harvest Program created for farm workers during COVID, and get a look at USDA’s optimistic navel orange prediction for 2020. Tune in to the…
California Navel Orange Initial Forecast Positive For 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an optimistic navel orange prediction for 2020. The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s California Navel Orange Objective Measurement forecasts 84 million boxes from the golden…
$1 Million BIFS Grant to Address Pest Control in Walnuts
…next three years. Through the BIFS grant, the team aims to expand low-risk pest control practices in addressing pests such as coddling moth and navel orangeworm. Chlorpyrifos, which has typically…
Almond Matters: Keeping Orchards Healthy as Harvest Approaches
…couple different factors that can play into keeping the trees healthy,” said Todd Burkdoll, Field Market Development Specialist for Valent USA. “Navel orangeworm, hull rot, and then the ants are…
Which Variety to Consider When Growing Your Own Orange Trees
…hybrid of a tangerine and a super sweet grapefruit. The Washington navel is a sweet, seedless orange that is easy to peel and perfect for eating. If you want to…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 04-30-20
…helping to control navel orangeworm, details on the cancellation of the California State Fair and how one company is working on lab-grown cotton. Tune in to the show for these…
Almond Update: NOW SIT Research Continuing to Evolve, Improve
The sterile insect technique (SIT) for helping to control navel orangeworm (NOW) in nut crops continues to progress. Sterile moths are being released in almond and pistachio test plots and…
Pandemic Markets Continue Roller Coaster Season for California Citrus
…ride in 2020. “We have kind of had a roller-coaster season to this date. Our navel markets were depressed and not looking good, but then when the coronavirus hit, you…
Almond Matters: Pest Management Preparation
…with Navel orangeworm and mite pressures. “Certainly, this time of year is a great time to start preparing for Navel orangeworm; starting to look at those models for the first…
IPM Achievement Award Winners Announced
…respond to arising pest issues. Most notably, UCPMA has focused strongly on encouraging the adoption of mating disruption technology for a pest known as navel orangeworm, a major threat to…
Almond Matters: Developing A Dormant Control Program
…far as insect pressure goes, navel orangeworm is probably the number one pest for going after in almonds up here,” said Field Market Development Specialist for Valent USA Todd Burkdoll….
Sterile NOW Project Gets Major Funding in Appropriations Bill
A navel orangeworm moth perched on a pistachio. UCANR Photo: Kathy Keatley Garvey The project looking at sterile technology to help combat navel orangeworm gets a big boost. Navel orangeworm…
Almond Matters: Winter Sanitation Increases Chance for Successful Spring
…pest as tough as navel orangeworm. If you’re not covering the nuts and getting good coverage in the sutures and all that, well then navel orangeworm basically has a free…
CAPCA Conference Highlights Science and Innovation for the Future of Agriculture
…can make recommendations and improvements to scouting and spraying. Several presentations also looked at conventional pest management, with some focusing on brown marmorated stink bug, as well as navel orangeworm….